Mono-pegylated (with 20 kDa PEG) recombinant human leptin is an one polypeptide chain containing 146 amino, an additional Ala at N-terminus and one molecule of PEG 20 kDa at its N-terminus, having an expected molecular mass of ~ 35.6 kDa as determined by MS. However due to enlarged hydrodymanic volume recombinant mouse pegylated leptin runs on the SGS-Page as 48 kDa protein and in gel-filtration on Superdex 200 as over 100 kDa protein. Recombinant human pegylated leptin half-life in circulation after SC injection was over 20 hours. Recombinant human leptin was purified by proprietary chromatographic techniques according to Salomon et al (2006) Protein Expression and Purification 47, 128–136 and then pegylated.

Source:

Escherichia coli.

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Physical Appearance:

White lyophilized (freeze-dried) powder.

Formulation:

The recombinant human pegylated leptin was lyophilized from a concentrated (0.65mg/ml) solution with 0.003mM NaHCO3 and the powder contains 35 to 40% protein.

Solubility:

It is recommended to reconstitute the lyophilized recombinant human pegylated leptin in sterile water or sterile 0.4% NaHCO3 adjusted to pH 8-9, not less than 100µg/ml, which can then be further diluted with other aqueous solutions.

Stability:

Lyophilized recombinant human pegylated leptin although stable at room temperature for several weeks, should be stored desiccated below -18C. Upon reconstitution at > 0.1 recombinant human pegylated leptin mg/ml and up to 2 mg/ml and filter sterilization recombinant human pegylated leptin can be stored at 4C or even room temperature for several weeks making it suitable for long term infusion studies using osmotic pumps. At lower concentration of recombinant human pegylated leptin addition of a carrier protein (0.1% HSA or BSA) is suggested. Please prevent freeze-thaw cycles.

PLR’s recombinant mouse pegylated leptin is capable of stimulatng proliferation of BAF/3 cells stably transfected with the long form of human leptin receptor. Its in vitro activity is 5-7 fold lower than the non-pegylated recombinant human leptin but in vivo it has profound weight reducing effect (as compared to the non-pegylated recombinant human leptin), resulting mainly from reduced food intake.

Protein quantization of recombinant human pegylated leptin was carried out by UV spectroscopy at 280 nm using the absorbency value of 0.870 as the extinction coefficient for a 0.1% (1mg/ml) protein solution at pH 8.0. This value is calculated by the PC GENE computer analysis program of protein sequences (IntelliGenetics).

Usage:

PLR's recombinant human pegylated leptin is furnished for LABORATORY RESEARCH USE ONLY. The product may not be used as drugs, agricultural or pesticidal products, food additives or household chemicals. It is for Research Purposes Only – Commercial Use has been Licensed Exclusively to a Third Party